Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Pecten (Lyropecten) veatchii, Pecten (Nodipecten) veatchii, Pecten veatchii
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38
Belongs to Nodipecten according to E. J. Moore 1984
See also Arnold 1906, Gabb 1866 and Jordan and Hertlein 1926
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Nodipecten) caloosaensis, Nodipecten arnoldi, Nodipecten arthriticus, Nodipecten articulosus, Nodipecten atlanticola, Nodipecten colinensis, Nodipecten estrellanus, Nodipecten macloskeyi, Nodipecten magnificus, Nodipecten nodosus, Nodipecten subnodosus, Nodipecten veracruzensis
Type specimen: UCMP 12078, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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